noun
preserving in sugar; food preserved in sugar
Refers both to the process of preserving food in sugar and to the resulting product. Common with fruits, ginger, or flowers.
このショウガの砂糖漬けは手作りです。
This candied ginger is homemade.
果物の砂糖漬けは保存がきく。
Fruit preserved in sugar keeps well.
Compound of 砂糖 (sugar) + 漬け (pickling/preserving), from the verb 漬ける (to soak, pickle).